![]() They usually have a tetrahedron, cylinder or cubic shape and are placed on the ground. They are the most modern, they can usually be seen in interiors in hotels, restaurants and sometimes in small gardens. This photo of hundreds of Chouchin made it to the front cover of my second book “Momentos”.įinally, andon 行灯 lanterns. On the contrary to tourou, chouchin are used daily, not only in special celebrations, but instead of oil like the tourou light bulbs are used.Ĭhouchin at the entrance of a yakitori restaurant. They are commonly seen at the entrance of Buddhist temples, in traditional festivals and at the entrance of bars and restaurants. Lanterns ready to be left floating on a river.Ĭhouchin are another kind of lanterns, much simpler, that also originated in China. This tradition is known as tourou nagashi 灯籠流し. ![]() One of the Summer traditions in many places in Japan consists on making many tourou 灯籠 using paper, lightning them up and leaving them floating on rivers. If we take the column out and also the cable, then we have a plain lantern, a tourou 灯籠. The shape of the space where you put the oil to start the fire is similar but instead of being attached to the ground with a granite column they hang from the ceiling usually they are only seen in temples. Tsuridourou 釣灯篭 (Hanging lanterns), evolved from ishidourou. Ishidourou in a traditional Japanese garden. In the garden in Kill Bill and in the first scene of the movie Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) some ishidourou can be seen. Lourine Anne ApHere’s a guide to Traditional Japanese Lighting, lamps and lanterns Check it out Have you ever walked into the shrines, temples, or parks in Japan and seen standard lamps and lanterns If yes, I am sure that you have crossed and seen any type of their lighting, such as Andon, Bonbori, Chochin, and Toro. They are usually made of granite nowadays they are only used as decoration and they are lighted up only in special celebrations. The garden ones are usually smaller and wider while the temple ones are tall and stylized. Ishidourou that are used in temples differ significantly from the ones used in gardens. Their aesthetics started to evolve, thus starting to look different from the first designs that arrived from China.ĭetailed structure of an ishidourou. Little by little the use of lanterns became also commonplace in Shintoist temples, and in gardens and houses of wealthy people as well. Tsuridourou 釣灯篭: traditional hanging lantern.They were the first to be introduced in Japan. Ishidourou 石灯籠 : traditional stone lantern.Tourou, 灯籠(とうろう): generic term for traditional Japanese lanterns. Toro nagashi is a long-held Japanese tradition where candle-lit lanterns are released into rivers to guide the spirits of ancestors back to the other world. This kind of lanterns can still be seen today in many different places in Japan, they are called “ishidouru” 石灯籠 (Stone lantern): The first kind of lanterns that arrived from China were made of stone and they started being used in Buddhist temples to honor Buddha. The commerce and exchange of technologies with China during that time was very intense. The first lightning technologies in Japan arrived from China during the 6th century.
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